Combined bumper and headlight



Sept. 28 1926. 1,601,082

A. W. PATTISON COMBINED' BUMPER AND HEADLIGHT Original Filed August 20,1925 Patented Sept. 28, 11%26.

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ALBERT W. PATTISON, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED BUMPERQAND HEADLIGHT.

Application filed August 20, 1925, Serial No. 51,481. Renewed August-11,1926.

The purpose of this invention is to-provide a bumper equipped withterminal housings in which suitable roadlights areto be mounted to serveas substitutes for the conventional headlights.

An important feature of the invention consists in having the terminalhousings formed separately and detachably secured to the body of thebumper whereby production and replacement of the housings is materiallysimplified.

Other purposes and advantages of the invention as well as the details ofconstruction will be more readily understood from the followingdescription and accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a bumper constructedin accordance withmy invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of one of the terminal housings as it willappear detached from the body of the bumper.

Figure'3 is an end View of the construction shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line 4- ofFigure 2, and,

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view along the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

As illustrated in theaforementioned fig-- ures of the drawings thebumper consists of the tubular body 5 and the terminal housings 6 and 7which are formed and detaclr ably secured to the body as hereinafterdescribed.

The aforesaid housings are preferably although not necessarily producedby a casting operation and the shape of the same may be varied withinwide limits to suitdifierent conditions of use or the taste of individual manufacturers. In the present instance, however, each housingis formed with a body wall 8 curved as shown to advantage in Figures 4and 5. At the front or open side of the housing there is formed aforwardly extending flange 9 which, as shown in Figure 2, issubstantially oblong in shape and rounded at the ends. This flange isoflset outwardly with respect to the body wall 8 so as to form aninternal shoulder 10 at the base'of the flange. At one end thehousingisequipped with anintegral neck ll connected thereto by suitablereinforcing webs 12 arranged as shown. At the base of the neck there isformed an annular encircling flange 13 spaced from the neck to providean intervenmg groove 14.

part of the invention which In assembling the parts described as shown1n Figure l the neck 11 of each hous- 111g is inserted within one end ofthe tubular In fitting the elements of a roadlight assembly to theaforesaid housings various methods may be resorted to within the skillof a-mechanic and hence this feature has not been illustrated. Forexample, the closed side of each housing may be formed with a centralopening 16 to receive the stem of an electric bulb (not shown) and theinner side of the body wall 8 treated in any suitable manner to afford areflecting surface for projecting the light rays forwardly through anysuitable type of lens seated'against the shoulder 10. Instead of'thisarrangement a complete lamp assembly including a bulb, reflector andlens may be inserted bodily in each housing and secured in any suitablemanner the one essential requirement being that the lens shall besituated a sufiicient dis tance inwardly from the free edge of theflange 9 so that the latter will serve as a guard to prevent directimpact between the lens and any obstruction encountered by the bumper.From this it will be apparent that. the exact manner of fitting theelements of a road light to the housin is not a vital consists moreparticularly in the location of the housings at the ends of the bumperand in the method of forming and attaching said housings.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim is:

1. A vehicle bumper comprising a central tubular impact member equippedat each end with a housing open at the front side and designed toreceive the reflector, bulb and other elements of a roadlight assembly,said hous ings projecting beyond the ends of said member in linetherewith.

2. An automobile bumper comprising a central impact member and a pair ofhousings detachably secured to and carried by the ends ofsaid member,said housings being open at the front side and designed to receive theelements of a roadlight.

3. A combined vehicle bumper and roadlight structure comprising atubular impact member open at both ends and a pair of roadlight housingscapping and detachably secured to said ends.

4. A combined vehicle bumper and roadlight structure comprising atubular impact member 0 en at both ends and a pair of roadlight ousingsformed with projecting necks secured with the said open ends of theimpact member.

5. A combined vehicle bumper and roadlight comprising a central hollowimpact member open at each end, a pair of roadlight housings formed withpro ect1ng necks en-- tering the ends of said member and collars 16formed integral with said housings and surrounding the base portions ofthe necks in spaced relation thereto, the ends of said members beingreceived in the channels formed between the necks and the surroundingcollars.

6. A combined vehicle bumper and roadlight comprising a central impactmember and apair of roadlight housings detachably carried by the ends ofsaid member and shaped for interfitting engagement therewith.

In testimony whereof I hereunto my signature.

ALBERT W. PATTISON.

